Langley Sr Blaze

May 17.12 - Season is almost here, college players arriving back home
The 3rd season in the Sr. Blaze's short history starts on Tuesday May 22 in Burnaby vs the Bulldogs at 6pm with the Blaze's home opener slated for the following night, Wednesday May 23 vs Coquitlam starting at 7pm at McLeod Field in Langley BC. Coquitlam finished 2nd in the province at last year's BC Senior Championships.

The Blaze are welcoming back several key members of the 2011 squad, such as starting pitcher Jesse Peters who finished 2nd in balloting for the 2011 player of the year behind Leon Boyd of Burnaby (pitcher for the Netherlands National Team) and power hitter Scott Webster. Scott led the BLaze in several offensive catergories and was a 2nd team PIL all-star. Scott in the preseason in his first 2 games had 3 HR's and will be counted on again in 2012 to provide offense. Other returning players include Corey Parsons, Blake Stewart, Jordan Broatch, Brian Butler, Ryan Eiswerth, Tyler and Shayne Willson, Brooklyn Foster, Brad Ferraro, Trevor Lishanko, Graig Merritt, Joe Germaine, Clayton Howell, Dillon Reynolds, Kyle Prevett and Mike Ellis. Mike Ellis is currently pitching for Florida International University (NCAA Div 1) and leading the team in innings pitched and strikeouts. Mike will be joining a strong Blaze starting rotation once FIU has completed their season. Andrew Bell has also been nominated and will accpept the roll as Sr Blaze Team Captain for 2012.

We are also excited to announce that the following players will be joining the Blaze for their first summer ball season: Devon Stewart, Mike Krische, Devon Olson, Tony Farago (Ontario transfer), Jon and Zach Mihic (2nd brother duo on the Blaze), Ricky Bertrand, Aaron Dick, Ryan Jensen (2007 Milwaukee Brewers draft pick), Kyle Joel, Matt Jones, Karl Malecek, Tyler Barlow, JR Robinson, Jaccob Yousif, Curtis Sawchuk and original Blaze players Scott Nelson and Kevin McLeod. Kevin is currently playing with NAIA powerhouse Lewis and Clark state and will be playing in the 2012 NAIA World Series. Devon Stewart in his first NCAA Div 1 season with Canisius University in New York is leading his team in several pitching catergories. The Blaze are looking forward to having all these new young players join the team over the next several weeks.

Several of the above players may look familiar as most have played on the Premier Blaze teams which have won multiple provincial premier league titles. All returning players are local lower mainland residents!

This will be an exciting year for the Blaze as they play over 60 games including prestigious tournaments such as the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna over Canada Day and the year end tournament at the Annual Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament. 2012 will be a busy year.

Make sure to follow the Sr Blaze on both Twitter and Facebook for constant updates and game info. All Blaze regular season games home and away, will once again be broadcast live with Game Live from Pointstreak. Click on "GAME LIVE" in the Blaze GameCentre, top right of this page.

Feb 23.12 - BOGY's GASTROPUB and CHARTER BUS LINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, now on board with the Blaze

We would like to welcome Bogy's Gastropub and Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia on board with the Blaze for the 2012 season. Bogy's is located at a great location just off Hwy #10 at 5640 188st in Cloverdale. Bogy's offers high quality food and drinks at reasonable prices. They are looking to expand to several new locations around BC in 2012 as well. You can visit Bogy's website here: http://www.bogysgastropub.com/

Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia is now the Official Transportation of the Sr Blaze. The Blaze will travel to all out of town games throughout BC and Washington State on board the executive coaches of Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia. Please see http://www.charterbuslines.com/ for more information.

The Blaze are very proud of these two new sponsors as they will allow the Blaze to take the next step forward in their development of being an organization everyone looks to!

Feb 17.12 - 2012 Schedule is complete and online!

The Blaze would like to announce that their official 2012 schedule has been released. Please see http://langleysrblaze.com/2012_Season.html for games and locations.

The Blaze have scheduled an aggressive spring/summer season that includes several trips to the interior of BC and the greater Seattle area to play top summer collegiate teams from all over the Pacific Northwest. The Blaze are proud to enter several top tournament in 2012, including both the Annual Canada Day Blast tournament in Kelowna over the Canada Day Long Weekend, as well as The Annual Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament which runs over the Labor Day Long Weekend in September. The Blaze finished 5th in their first ever trip to the GFI and look forward to competing for the top prize this year.

All Blaze games will be broadcast live again 2012. To see the Blaze play live online, click the "GAME LIVE" link in Blaze Game Centre on the left side of this page.

Jan 4.12 - Follow the Blaze on all Social Media websites

You can now follow the Blaze on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Dec 29.11 - 1st Annual Blaze Cruise and Award night a SUCCESS!

The Blaze held their first annual Cruise and Award night on Sunday Dec 18. This great event was put on by Blaze supporter and major Sponsor Roy Figueiredo of Pare Realty. Several excellent presentations were made by the Blaze Executive including General Manager Dave Diachuk.

The top hitter award went to Scott Webster who led the Blaze in most offensive categories. Scott is going to try his hand at Independent Pro ball and we wish him success.

The top pitcher award went to Jesse Peters. Jesse led the Blaze in all pitching categories. Jesse was also named to the 2011 PIL All-League team. Jesse had one of the most memorable seasons on record.

The top defensive player went to Tyler Willson. Tyler was the Blaze's most steady defensive player who was a standout in center field all season. Tyler made many spectacular plays that had the opposition scratching their heads.

Special thank you plaques were handed out to the coaching staff of Grant MacDougall, Steve Petersen and Dave Diachuk.

A special appreciation award and gifts were given to Roy of Pare Realty for his dedication and support to the 2011 team. The Sr Blaze are extremely lucky to have Roy as a member of the team and organization and we all look forward to having him as a part of Blaze for years to come.

The 2012 season is coming fast. Check out the 2012 schedule as Blaze opponents are added. The schedule is shaping up to be a busy spring & summer.

Nov 22.11 - Jesse Peters named to 2011 PIL All-League Team, Honorable Mention to
Scott Webster

The Blaze are happy to announce that Starting Pitcher JESSE PETERS was named to the 2011 Pacific International League ALL-LEAGUE Team! Jesse led the Blaze in all pitching statistics during the 2011 season. He had a blistering 60 strike-outs in only 54 innings pitched to go with a minuscule 1.16 era. Jesse also had 5 complete games in 8 games started.

Congratulations also go to Blaze first baseman SCOTT WEBSTER who was listed as an Honorable Mention for the 2011 PIL ALL-LEAGUE team. Scott had an .273 batting average to go along with 6 homeruns throughout the 2011 season. He was also named a first team ALL-STAR at the 2011 Grand Forks International Baseball tournament